Five Centuries of the English Language and Literature: Volume CCCCC of the Tauchnitz EdBernhard Freiherr von Tauchnitz B. Tauchnitz, 1860 - 429 pages |
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Volume CCCCC of the Tauchnitz Ed Bernhard Freiherr von Tauchnitz. II . GEOFFREY CHAUCER . 1328-1400 . GEOFFREY CHAUCER is properly designated the Father of English Poetry GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1328-1400.
Volume CCCCC of the Tauchnitz Ed Bernhard Freiherr von Tauchnitz. II . GEOFFREY CHAUCER . 1328-1400 . GEOFFREY CHAUCER is properly designated the Father of English Poetry GEOFFREY CHAUCER 1328-1400.
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... Father of English Poetry . He acquires his right to that title not only on the ground of being our earliest poet , but because the foundations he laid still support the fabric of our poetical literature and will outlast the vicissitudes ...
... Father of English Poetry . He acquires his right to that title not only on the ground of being our earliest poet , but because the foundations he laid still support the fabric of our poetical literature and will outlast the vicissitudes ...
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... kept hir fadres lif on lofte , 2 1 Which she sliced and boiled , or seethed for her food . 2 She kept her father's life from sinking , that is , supported him . With every obeissance and diligence , That child may do 66 GEOFFREY CHAUCER .
... kept hir fadres lif on lofte , 2 1 Which she sliced and boiled , or seethed for her food . 2 She kept her father's life from sinking , that is , supported him . With every obeissance and diligence , That child may do 66 GEOFFREY CHAUCER .
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... father sente thither , to the end that the authoritie of his presence should refraine euill disposed parsons fro the boldness of their former outerages , to the gouernaunce and ordering of this yong prince at his sending thyther , was ...
... father sente thither , to the end that the authoritie of his presence should refraine euill disposed parsons fro the boldness of their former outerages , to the gouernaunce and ordering of this yong prince at his sending thyther , was ...
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... father Nilus gins to swell With timely pride above the Aegyptian vale , His fattie waves doe fertile slime outwell , And overflow each plaine and lowly dale ; But , when his later spring gins to avale , Huge heapes of mudd he leaves ...
... father Nilus gins to swell With timely pride above the Aegyptian vale , His fattie waves doe fertile slime outwell , And overflow each plaine and lowly dale ; But , when his later spring gins to avale , Huge heapes of mudd he leaves ...
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